In November each year, the annual Military Communications and Information Systems (MilCIS) Conference welcomes military and government organisations, academia, and defence industries to contribute to the future direction of military communications and information systems.

The Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR) has more than 400 members nationwide and is expanding. The 26thAnnual Conference ASOR / DORS 2018 brings together research in optimisation, operations planning, informatics, operations research, defence, simulation and modelling of industrial operations, statistics and big data analytics.
The conference will be held in Melbourne jointly with the Australian Defence Operations Research Symposium (DORS).
For the 2018 ASOR/DORS Conference, we welcome papers in all areas of Operations Research, including, but not limited to, data analytics, decision analysis, mathematical programming, optimisation, scheduling, simulation, and stochastic models, applied to defense, transportation, risk analysis, project management, artificial intelligence, telecommunications and others.
The conference includes two types of submissions: Extended Abstracts and Full Papers. Each extended abstract and full paper will be refereed by at least two members of the organising committee. All extended abstracts will be published on the conference CD, and full papers will be published by Springer.

The theme for this year's symposium is "Minder, Mentor, Minion, Mate: Warfighter roles in Future Complex Systems".
Defence has long recognised the capability advantage that teams provide over individual effort across the Defence domains (Land, Sea, Air, Joint). The study of human teams and the degree to which knowledge about human teams generalises to the opportunities and challenges presented by teams of human and non-human agents are therefore of critical importance.

HPRnet is a broader enabler that bridges these and other human sciences communities. HPRnet is an established network of universities that draws together multidisciplinary teams from around the country who are co-invested in the delivery of significant outcomes for Defence, underpinned by world class science. In addition to specific outcomes, the network aims to establish a broader national capability that has the breadth and capacity to meet Defence's needs in the future.
The annual HPRnet Symposium provides an opportunity for members of the network, and those with an interest in human performance, to hear the latest developments in human performance research for the military.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre presentation will cover:
1. A short overview of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, and the Australian Government’s approach topublic-private partnerships as a way to counter cyber threats.
2. A quick rundown of the threat environment, and the main malicious actors.
3. Coverage of trends within email-based attacks against companies and networks – both spear-phishingand business email compromise
4. Advice on a number of steps that companies and individuals can take to protect themselves and theirnetworks from compromise.